1From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother.G3972G652G2424G5547G1223G2307G2316G2532G5095G80 2To: The holy and faithful brothers in Colossae who are in union with the Messiah. May grace and peace from God our Father be yours!G40G2532G4103G80G1722G5547G1722G2857G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G2316G2257G3962G2532G2962G2424G5547 3We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, praying always for you,G2168G2316G2532G3962G2257G2962G2424G5547G4336G3842G4012G5216 4because we have heard about your faith in the Messiah Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints,G191G5216G4102G1722G5547G2424G2532G26G3588G1519G3956G40 5based on the hope laid up for you in heaven. Some time ago you heard about this hope through the word of truth, the gospelG1223G1680G3588G606G5213G1722G3772G3739G4257G1722G3056G225G2098 6that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and spreading all over the world, so it has been doing among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth.G3588G3918G1519G5209G2531G2532G1722G3956G2889G2532G2076G2592G2531G2532G1722G5213G575G3739G2250G191G2532G1921G5485G2316G1722G225 7You learned about this gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of the Messiah on your behalf.G2531G3129G2532G3129G575G1889G2257G27G4889G3739G2076G5228G5216G4103G1249G5547 8He has told us about your love in the Spirit.G3588G2532G1213G2254G5216G26G1722G4151 9For this reason, since the day we heard about this, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of God's will with respect to all spiritual wisdom and understanding,G1223G5124G2249G2532G575G3739G2250G191G3973G3756G3973G4336G5228G5216G2532G154G2443G4137G1922G846G2307G1722G3956G4678G2532G4152G4907 10so that you might live in a manner worthy of the Lord and be fully pleasing to him as you bear fruit while doing all kinds of good things and growing in the full knowledge of God.G5209G4043G516G2962G1519G3956G699G2592G1722G3956G18G2041G2532G837G1519G1922G2316 11You are being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might, so that you might patiently endure everything with joyG1412G1722G3956G1411G2596G846G1391G2904G1519G3956G5281G2532G3115G3326G5479 12and might thank the Father, who has enabled us to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.G2168G3962G3588G2427G2248G2427G1519G3310G2819G40G1722G5457 13God has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom he loves,G3739G4506G2248G1537G1849G4655G2532G3179G1519G932G846G26G5207 14through whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.G1722G3739G2192G629G1223G846G129G859G266 15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.G3739G2076G1504G517G2316G4416G3956G2937 16For by him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether they are kings, lords, rulers, or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.G3754G1722G846G2936G3956G2936G1722G3772G2532G1909G1093G3707G2532G517G1535G2362G1535G2963G1535G746G1535G1849G3956G2936G1223G846G2532G1519G846 17He himself existed before anything else did, and he holds all things together.G2532G846G2076G4253G3956G2532G1722G846G3956G4921 18He is also the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself might have first place in everything.G2532G846G2076G2776G4983G1577G3739G2076G746G4416G1537G3498G2443G1722G3956G846G1096G4409 19For God was pleased to have all of his divine essence inhabit him.G2106G3754G1722G846G2730G3956G4138G2730 20Through the Son, God also reconciled all things to himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, thereby making peace through the blood of his cross.G2532G1517G1223G129G846G4716G1223G846G604G3956G1519G846G1223G846G1535G1909G1093G1535G1722G3772 21You who were once alienated with a hostile attitude, doing evil,G2532G5209G5607G4218G526G2532G2190G1271G1722G4190G2041G1161G3570G604 22he has now reconciled by the death of his physical body, so that he may present you holy, blameless, and without fault before him.G1722G4983G846G4561G1223G2288G3936G5209G40G2532G299G2532G410G846G2714 23However, you must remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith, without being moved from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.G1489G1961G4102G2311G2532G1476G2532G3361G3334G575G1680G2098G3739G191G3588G2784G1722G3956G2937G5259G3772G3739G1473G3972G1096G1249 24Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.G3739G3568G5463G1722G3450G3804G5228G5216G2532G466G5303G2347G5547G1722G3450G4561G5228G846G4983G5228G3603G1577 25I became its servant as God commissioned me to work for you, so that I may complete my ministry of the word of God.G3739G1473G1096G1249G2596G3622G2316G3588G1325G3427G1519G5209G4137G3056G2316 26This secret was hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints,G3466G3588G613G575G165G2532G575G1074G1161G3570G5319G846G40 27to whom God wanted to make known the glorious riches of this secret among the gentiles - which is the Messiah in you, our glorious hope.G3739G2316G2309G1107G5101G4149G1391G5127G3466G1722G1484G3739G2076G5547G1722G5213G1680G1391 28It is he whom we proclaim as we admonish and wisely teach everyone, so that we may present everyone mature in the Messiah.G3739G2249G2605G3560G3956G444G2532G1321G3956G444G1722G3956G4678G2443G3936G3956G444G5046G1722G5547G2424 29I work hard and struggle to do this, using the energy that he powerfully provides in me.128G1519G3739G2872G2532G2872G75G2596G846G1753G3588G1754G1722G1698G1722G1411
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